SB 996

  • California Senate Bill
  • 2023-2024 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Jan 31, 2024
  • Senate
  • Assembly
  • Governor

Comprehensive sexual health education and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention education.

Abstract

The California Healthy Youth Act requires school districts, defined to include county boards of education, county superintendents of schools, the California School for the Deaf, the California School for the Blind, and charter schools, to ensure that all pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, receive comprehensive sexual health education and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention education, as specified. The act authorizes a school district to provide that education earlier than grade 7 with age-appropriate and medically accurate information. The act requires each school district to notify parents and guardians of pupils about its plan to provide sexual health education and HIV prevention instruction for the upcoming school year and to inform them, among other things, that the written and audiovisual educational materials used in comprehensive sexual health education and HIV prevention education are available for inspection. This bill would require the governing board of a school district to adopt a policy at a publicly noticed meeting specifying how parents and guardians of pupils may inspect the written and audiovisual educational materials used in comprehensive sexual health education and HIV prevention education, including that the materials, including updates or changes to the materials, are made available, within prescribed timeframes, at each schoolsite and, except as provided, publicly posted on the school district's internet website or, if applicable, on a school district's parent or guardian portal, as specified. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Bill Sponsors (14)

Votes


Actions


May 16, 2024

Senate

May 16 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

May 10, 2024

Senate

Set for hearing May 16.

Apr 29, 2024

Senate

April 29 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.

Apr 24, 2024

Senate

From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  • Amendment-Passage
  • Committee-Passage
  • Reading-1
  • Reading-2
  • Referral-Committee
Com. on APPR.

Apr 22, 2024

Senate

Set for hearing April 29.

Apr 17, 2024

Senate

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 3659.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  • Committee-Passage
  • Committee-Passage-Favorable
  • Referral-Committee
Com. on APPR.

Apr 04, 2024

Senate

Set for hearing April 17.

Feb 14, 2024

Senate

Referred to Com. on ED.

  • Referral-Committee
Com. on ED.

Feb 01, 2024

Senate

From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.

Jan 31, 2024

Senate

Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
SB996 HTML
01/31/24 - Introduced PDF
04/24/24 - Amended Senate PDF

Related Documents

Document Format
04/15/24- Senate Education PDF
04/26/24- Senate Appropriations PDF

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